What You Should Know:
- KLAS Research has released its annual "Global Acute Care EHR Market Share 2025" report, providing a comprehensive look at EHR sales activity in 2024. The report highlights a dynamic global market where EHR projects remain a high priority for healthcare organizations worldwide, second only to AI initiatives. In 2024, the number of new EHR contracts reached a five-year high, yet the number of hospitals impacted by these contracts surprisingly dropped to a five-year
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Patient Access to Online Health Records Soars in 2024, Driven by Cures Act and Provider Encouragement
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- A new brief utilizing the latest 2024 Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS) data reveals significant progress in patient and caregiver access to online medical records and patient portals.
- Following the implementation of the Cures Act Final Rule provisions and increased demand for virtual care spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic, national access rates have more than doubled in the past decade, with apps playing an increasingly vital
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VisiQuate Acquires Etyon, Enhancing AI-Powered Revenue Cycle
What You Should Know:
- VisiQuate, a leader in AI-powered revenue cycle management (RCM), announced its acquisition of Etyon, a healthcare technology company recognized for its deep RCM machine learning, domain-specific algorithms, and advanced data tokenization capabilities. This strategic acquisition will significantly enhance VisiQuate's ability to provide augmented intelligence and real-time operational guidance to healthcare revenue cycle teams.
- The integration of Etyon's
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symplr acquires Smart Square from AMN to Boost Hospital Workforce Efficiency
What You Should Know:
- symplr®, a provider of enterprise healthcare operations software announced its acquisition of the Smart Square® scheduling software from AMN Healthcare. This strategic move, backed by Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. and Charlesbank Capital Partners LLC, significantly strengthens symplr’s position in healthcare workforce and operations management, enhancing its symplr Operations Platform.
- The acquisition reinforces symplr’s commitment to providing intelligent,
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Healthcare Leads in GenAI Adoption, But Faces Major Security and Infrastructure Hurdles
What You Should Know:
- Nutanix, a leader in hybrid multicloud computing, today announced the findings of its seventh annual global Healthcare Enterprise Cloud Index (ECI) survey and research report.
- The report reveals that an astonishing 99% of healthcare organizations surveyed are currently leveraging Generative AI (GenAI) applications or workloads, surpassing adoption rates in every other industry. However, this rapid embrace comes with significant challenges, as 96% of these
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Lunit and Microsoft Collaborate to Advance AI-Driven Cancer Diagnosis
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- Lunit, a provider of AI for cancer diagnostics and therapeutics announced a strategic collaboration with Microsoft to accelerate the delivery of AI-powered healthcare solutions globally.
- The partnership, coupled with Lunit’s recent acquisition of Volpara (a Microsoft Industry Health Certified Partner), aims to provide health professionals worldwide with advanced tools for cancer detection.
Driving Scalable, Integrated AI in Healthcare
The strategic
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KLAS Report: State of EHR Adoption in Asia & Oceania in 2025
What You Should Know:
- The healthcare technology landscape in Asia and Oceania is experiencing significant growth, driven by increasing digital maturity and a strong desire for enhanced interoperability, according to a new KLAS Research report. The report, "Asia/Oceania EHR 2025," reveals key trends in vendor performance and market share, highlighting a maturing market with evolving customer demands for value and up-to-date technology.
- The KLAS report, a follow-up to 2022 data,
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Bluesight 2025 Report: How Software is Cutting Hospital Drug Diversion
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- Bluesight, a leader in hospital intelligence solutions released its 2025 Diversion Trends Report, a comprehensive analysis highlighting the significant impact of software on the monitoring, prevention, and identification of controlled substance diversion in healthcare settings.
- The report, which analyzed over 266 million controlled substance transactions from more than 1,100 hospitals and health systems nationwide, offers crucial insights for
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M&A: Nordic Capital Acquires Majority Stake in Arcadia
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- Arcadia, a prominent healthcare data platform, and Nordic Capital, a private equity investor in healthcare and technology, today announced a strategic partnership under which Nordic Capital will become the majority owner of Arcadia.
- The strategic investment aims to accelerate Arcadia’s mission to expand its reach and deepen its impact on healthcare customers by providing a flexible, scalable platform and delivering more comprehensive data to inform
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John Snow Labs Launches Spinoff Martlet.ai to Enable AI-Powered HCC Coding for Payers and Providers
What You Should Know:
- John Snow Labs, a prominent AI company in the healthcare sector, today announced the launch of Martlet.ai, a new healthcare AI company dedicated to redefining how payers and providers approach Hierarchical Condition Category (HCC) Coding.
- Founded by engineers and payment experts from John Snow Labs, Martlet.ai is the first of several planned spin-off companies aimed at tackling specific, high-impact challenges within the healthcare industry using
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